About This Episode
The Grumpy Gardener answers a readers question on planting a Japanese maple.
Plus, Grumpys tip of the week onlawn-care.
Question Of The Week
“I love your column.
I was just thinking about planting a Japanese maple near my swimming pool.
Do these maples take hot sun?
I live just south of Atlanta.”
One of my favorites is called Emperor I.
That’s an upright-growing Japanese maple.
Probably gets to be 10 to 12 feet tall.
It has deep, purplish-red foliage all summer long and it takes the sun.
I’ve got it at my house and I know.
Another one of my favorites is one called Fireglow.
It’s not going to overpower anything.
An old favorite that you’ll see in a lot of garden centers is called Bloodgood.
It can be anywhere from 15 to 18 feet tall, but it has deep red-purple foliage all summer.
So they’re very graceful, they grow slowly, so they won’t take over a space.
One of my favorites is one called Crimson Queen.
That has red-purple foliage all summer.
There is another one called waterfall.
It’s really pretty.
You don’t have to pick up the clippings if you don’t want to.
They won’t cause any harm.
About Ask Grumpy
Ask Grumpyis a podcast featuring Steve Bender, also known asSouthern LivingsGrumpy Gardener.
